Yesterday, the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) issued its report into the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby in Woolwich. Despite cataloguing a number of failures, the report claims that the security services couldn’t have prevented Lee Rigby’s killing, while appearing to claim that Facebook could have.

Reports and Correspondence

Laying eighteen pages of clauses before the Lords to insert the Snoopers' Charter into an already complicated bill is an abuse of procedure. The Lords cannot have time to properly consider the bill, and would deny the Commons the opportunity to consider the clauses as well.

On 26 November the Home Office introduced a new Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill. Open Rights Group has serious concerns regarding some of the measures contained within it. This briefing sets out our concerns.

Campaigns

Edward Snowden's revelations confirm that UK and US governments are tapping into our emails, Facebook posts and browser history, as well as seriously damaging online security. Join the movement for change now!

Media

Tom Watson MP, Paul Johnson (Deputy Editor, The Guardian), Javier Ruiz (Open Rights Group) and Nick Pickles (Big Brother Watch) debated the impacts of web surveillance and talked about their professional experiences related to that issue, giving evidence of what is happening and the impact of this on democracy.

Now you can listen to last Thursday's event at Parliament about PRISM and Tempora, hosted by Tom Watson MP. The speakers, Caspar Bowden, Simon McKay and David Davis MP, helped give context to some of the recent claims on surveillance made by the government.

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Fransesca West (policy director of Public Concern at Work), Peter Tatchell (political activist), Malcolm Rifkind (Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee), Heather Brooke (investigative journalist) and David Omand (former GCHQ director) discuss their opinions about Edward Snowden and the debate around his leaks.

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